Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ephraim Gilmer, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Ephraim Gilmer registered to vote in Wood County on July 29, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "gone" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Wood County
Ephraim Gilmer
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ephraim Gilmer
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Wood County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "Ephraim his X mark Gilmer"
- Remarks, as written
- "gone"
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 10 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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